Cake
Description
The pastry is simple and quick to prepare. You can decorate the "Italy" cake at home using just the colors of the national flag, or you can go a step further and create an original version with a map. The filling doesn't have to be exactly as described—feel free to use any other cream or filling you like. Serve cooled or slightly warm.
Instructions
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1. The recipe for the "Italy" cake starts rather traditionally—with the cake base. Bake a sponge cake according to a reliable recipe and let it cool completely. For the frosting, beat softened butter with condensed milk until smooth and homogeneous.
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Step 2
2. Pour boiling water over the prunes and cut them into small pieces. Spread over the cake layer. If desired, prunes can be replaced with dried berries, preferably fairly tart ones. Ideal options would be cranberries or cherries.
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Step 3
3. Cover with the second cake layer and spread the remaining cream around the entire perimeter of the cake. Refrigerate for a couple of hours to allow the cream to cool thoroughly.
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Step 4
4. Meanwhile, you can start preparing the marzipan. It needs to be rolled out thinly.
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Step 5
5. Cover the cake with fondant and smooth the surface. Trim off all excess.
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6. Decorations can be made from leftover fondant. Roll a small rope and cut it into small pieces.
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Step 7
7. Roll into balls of equal size.
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Step 8
8. They can be arranged around the cake or used to decorate the "Italy" cake at home, as desired.
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Step 9
9. If the color seems too pale, you can slightly tint the cake's surface. If desired, you can either color the fondant right away or apply food coloring to the already decorated cake.
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10. The most interesting part of the process is decoration. Using a template (a drawing on paper), transfer the outline of the map of Italy onto the surface of the cake. To begin, you can press along the edges with a toothpick, for example, to mark the outline.
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Step 11
11. Then decorate with a contrasting color.
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Step 12
12. If desired, you can use food coloring to mark major cities or those the cake owner has visited.
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13. The final step is decorating the map in the colors of the national flag. To do this, beat 1 egg white with 200-250 grams of powdered sugar and a pinch of citric acid. Divide the icing into 3 parts and color each with food coloring. Carefully apply onto the map and leave the cake to dry. That's the entire recipe for the "Italy" cake with photos, which everyone can easily make.